That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

I believe that all people are deserving of equal dignity and also equal protection. I also believe in science. And those are three things the Republican party platform doesn't believe in.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I would say, if you're a musician then you probably have some capacity and some intuition. You've got to trust that intuition and be true to what compels you. There will be a lot of things along the way that will try to remove you from that, and if you do, then I think you are diminished. If you stay with it, then you have something that's real.

I've always identified with the misfits

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.